#9E4F23#9E4F23

#9E4F23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.119 H 47.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4F23
RGB	rgb(158, 79, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 29.63, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 49.47, 53.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.0814 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.119 47)
XYZ	xyz(17.2015, 12.9845, 3.1902)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4F23 #23729E

analogous

#9E2335 #9E4F23 #9E8C23

triadic

#9E4F23 #239E4F #4F239E

tetradic

#9E4F23 #359E23 #23729E #8C239E

square

#9E4F23 #359E23 #23729E #8C239E

split-complementary

#9E4F23 #239E8C #23359E

monochromatic

#3A1D0D #6C3618 #9E4F23 #D0682E #DC8C60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#9E4F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9E4F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4F23

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4F23	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD3E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 79, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.119 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18261',
    500: '#9e4f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4f23;
$custom-light: #c18261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.463,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51744,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.12982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4F23

secondary

#5C9DC1

accent

#ABE741

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFEA

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4F23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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